The Englishman who Went up a Hill but Came down a Mountain
The Englishman who Went up a Hill but Came down a Mountain is a 1995 romantic comedy film with a story by Ifor David Monger and Ivor Monger, written and directed by Christopher Monger. It was entered into the 19th Moscow International Film Festival and was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival.
Plot
In 1917, during World War I, two English cartographers, the pompous George Garrad and his junior, Reginald Anson, arrive in the fictional Welsh village of Ffynnon Garw to measure its "mountain", but everyone in town is at church, it being a Sunday. The only exception is Morgan the Goat who manages the local inn and is the only redhead in the village. Most of the men of the town are away at war and the film implies that the women are visiting the inn and having redheaded children. The cartographers reach the top and do some preliminary measurements and come up with a height of 930 feet, qualifying it as a mere hill. Anson returns and reassures them that they have more accurate measurements to make the next day.
More details
| author | Christopher Monger Ifor David Monger Ivor Monger |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Wales |
| director | Christopher Monger |
| editor | David Martin |
| genre | comedy |
| keywords | break bury cardiff cartographer construction site dig ffynnon garw hill meet morning mourn old age rain redhead town hall turn wash world war i |
| musicBy | Stephen Endelman |
| producer | Bob Weinstein Harvey Weinstein |
| productionCompany | Miramax |
| publisher | Miramax Films |
| recordedAt | Pinewood Studios |
| theme | mountain romantic comedy |